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| Date: 25/05/00 |
| Capital: |
Washington, D.C. |
| Area: |
9.37 million sq. kilometres |
| Population: |
272.6 million |
| Population growth: |
0.9&percent; (average, 1995-99) |
| Head of state: |
President Bill Clinton, since 20 January 1993 |
| Unemployment: |
4&percent; (1999) |
| Currency: |
American dollar (average 1999: 0.93 = €1; current rate: 0.91 = €1) |
| Inflation: |
2.2&percent; (1999, average) |
| Economy: |
Gross domestic product was €8.69 trillion (1999); |
| GDP growth: |
4.2&percent; (1999) |
| GDP per head: |
€31,729 (1999) |
| Source: Economist Intelligence Unit |
| 1995 |
1997 |
Jan-Oct 1999 |
| Exports |
103.3 |
141.3 |
148.0 |
| Imports |
103.6 |
137.9 |
129.9 |
| Balance |
-0.4 |
3.4 |
18.2 |
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